Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

@jay@snouts.online yeah, there are definitely ways to do it quickly and easily, but youtube is mainly going to show you the advanced stuff - and there things like basecoat (why do a fancy nail painting if it's gonna be gone by tomorrow?) and a top coat (why do a fancy nail thing only to have it chip tomorrow?) and such are important. it's kind of like looking at lipstick by looking up lipstick tutorials. youtube will show you the tricky stuff, but a little tinted chapstick is also great and easy to get too :)

@jay@snouts.online cuticle oil is the shit though. it's fucking baller as hell. i will totally advocate for keeping that around, it makes your nails SO much healthier and nicer, LOL. but honestly a lot of hand creams do at least a little of the same thing, so you can still get that benefit without buying an only-for-nails product.

@jay@snouts.online tbh the many many steps is if you're doing certain crazy shit like nail art or if you want it to be extremely long wearing

there are some all-in-one nail polishes i've seen where it's color with base and topcoat, so you're just one-and-done

the liquid latex is a nice shortcut for if you're doing stuff that gets polish everywhere (like nail art), and really, the base coat is there if you need it to be (to serve a specific purpose, usually to make it long-wearing), ditto top coat

@salameleon@snouts.online huh. honestly varies wildly with what kind of piece was commissioned.

what would worry me more is if they have no updates for you. if they don't let you know your place in the queue, or "sorry, still working on it, was really busy this week" at least, i'd get worried.

a month with no update or sign of life (like posting commissions of those ahead of the cue from you) and i'd start to get testy. at two, consider it a charitable donation and move on

anyway, now that i've gone ahead and blocked that nonsense,

anyone able to give me the odds there for "gab idiot who thinks he is James Bond at infiltrating the leftists, is actually Agent Maxwell Smart" versus "person who will spark at least three celebrations in different departments on campus when it is seen they have failed out and the professors couldn't be more relieved about it, not to mention the poor TAs and their thousand-yard stares"

@miro@todon.nl if you truly have no idea about how you're supposed to have acquired such skills like "is this a reputable source", you're not ready for college.

if you truly have no idea about how one figures out source quality on the internet - where anyone can write anything - and have decided to accept all as true, you're not ready for the internet.

this is getting unsporting. it is unfair to go at an unarmed opponent.

if what you claim is true, you have my utmost pity.

goodnight.

@miro@todon.nl if you don't know basic research skills, you are not ready for college.

that is something you should be taught in middle school. by high school you should know how to do a basic research paper, including how to cite things, and how to find appropriate sources.

i am sorry your educators have failed you this hard. i am sorry you have also failed *yourself* this hard by being disinterested in it, as well.

call your college and pray they'll refund part of your tuition.

@miro@todon.nl you can either be interested in being part of social change...

OR you can decide you don't want to go out of your way, because you don't want to expend any effort.

choose one.

here. i will do you a great kindness and emotional labor you should quite frankly be paying me for by passing along a video. this explains some basic media literacy. and it is even about video games in the end, so maybe you can decide to ~go out of your way~ for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYHrEp917MI

@miro@todon.nl if this is your A-game - if you consider your media literacy for finding sources, for researching what new terms mean, and your philosophy about doing so at the top of its game, and you cannot do anything about any of them -

do yourself a kindness and call your college and tell them you're dropping out.

but this is getting, quite frankly, unsporting. you have declared yourself ready for the olympic swimming competition and drowned in a puddle despite all your practice in the shower.

@miro@todon.nl you've boldly argued that you can be outpaced in your goal by a chatty toddler.

i would say check yourself before you wreck yourself, but you've already passed checkpoints A through Z and merrily tootled your way clear off a cliff into the ravine hundreds of feet below. and i don't think holding down the accelerator is gonna fix it, champ.

you can do something RIGHT NOW about the cause by not actively contributing to it because "but i would have to go out of my way and i'm too lazy."

@miro@todon.nl if you just want to prove your point as quick as possible -

while not knowing what your point *even is*, because you didn't do basic "i should know what i'm talking about here maybe", because it's just too much work to look at two or even (holy shit!) three whole links pulled up on google -

while not being concerned with "facts" -

that is not philosophy.

i'd say it's bullshitting, but quite frankly, you're just embarrassingly bad at this from top to bottom, so...

@miro@todon.nl though if you're not willing to do basic thinking about your sources, i know where you got all those ideas, then.

and philosophers need facts, too. where did you get that idea? who have you been listening to that says philosophy is completely decoupled with facts?

the whole point of philosophy *is* facts. it is the study of the "fundamental questions". the entire thing is an attempt to find facts by discovering facts, considering facts that challenge your facts, and so on.

@miro@todon.nl "but it's too hard and i would have had to go out of my way to do it!"

"....i understand you feel that way, but if you leave every problem blank on your test, i'm going to have to give you a zero."

"BUT I WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT OF MY WAY! and i'm just NOT INTERESTED in that! it's not a plausible goal to achieve!"

"perhaps a more plausible goal for you to achieve, then, is not being in college."

@miro@todon.nl please let me know how this goes down with the first research paper you do.

"we need to talk about your idea of a good source, um..."

"well, there's so much information online, there's just no way that it's a plausible goal i'm going to achieve, finding out if it's a good source or not. i'm not saying it's not useful, but i'm just not interested in going out of my way to do it... so, what are you gonna do, prof?"

"hand you this withdrawal form and strongly suggest you use it."

@miro@todon.nl so, you're taking your science so seriously that you're not going to bother at all with checking your sources, because it would mean going out of your way?

even as much as "hm, perhaps urban dictionary is not the best source. when i search for this term, perhaps i should click on links other than the urban dictionary one, too, and quickly skim them"?

well, what i'm going to do is clear: know that for all your posturing about enlightenment, you're just another dumbass.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

still, looking forward to the next time i am flush with cash

some people make it rain at the club, but the truly wise man makes it rain at their friends for commissions

now i wish i had money for commissions

p.s. if anyone has a thought about "teehee will do art anyway" don't you fucking dare you deserving-of-proper-compensation-for-your-developed-skill motherfucker, i will break into your house and slip a twenty into your pants pocket while you are on the goddamn toilet looking you dead in the eye the entire time like the most brazen reverse-burglar ever created.

@eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz listen. listen. now. i know you're excited. but i think that comparison... is a bit unfair. it's a bit lopsided.

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this is far more useful to the world than batman's whole shtick

note: i am sorry for this because Kipling was An Odious Motherfucker of the Highest Order who you Should Not Emulate

...even if his writing was unexpectedly a deep influence on my own

but i think between Pratchett and Brian Jacques, it may be a case of second-hand Kipling as well